Trace Elements Medicine and Chelation Therapy

This book discusses, in relatively simple language, the importance of even minute amounts of certain trace elements for the protection of human health and how insufficiency or excess may produce serious diseases. It also examines the use of metal chelators in the treatment of such diseases.

List of contents

The elemental composition of the human body; metal ions, complexes and chemical speciation; chelation, ligands and drugs; delivery of trace elements to humans; agents containing metals; chelating agents and therapy; dietary and environmental aspects; the future.

Summary

This book discusses, in relatively simple language, the importance of even minute amounts of certain trace elements for the protection of human health and how insufficiency or excess may produce serious diseases. It also examines the use of metal chelators in the treatment of such diseases.

Product details

• Authors: D. M. Taylor, David M Taylor, David M. Taylor, D R Williams, D. R. Williams, David R Williams, David R. Williams
• Publisher: RSC Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780854045037
• ISBN: 978-0-85404-503-7
• No. of pages: 135
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 163 g
• Series: RSC Paperbacks; Royal Society of Chemistry Pap; RSC Paperbacks; Royal Society of Chemistry Pap
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General